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Fiume - a dog lost, our hearts broken
FIUME LOVED TO PRANCE In the afternoons I’d play with him on the ancient road outside our house. He’d pick up a stick and I’d...
Life in the Borgata - an update
A New Project – The Loft Apartment We have been keeping busy in the borgata with the lead up to Christmas and work on the guest accommodation in the...
Courtyard Work - removing the original bread oven
Entering the large double wooden gates to the the lower courtyard the first thing you see is the original bread oven. Dating to 1916 (the date carved in...
Beauty in Simplicity - the little things
Our mountains are blanketed in the first powder of snow, the sun warm but weak, a bit like the cappuccino I’m sipping. A large yellow tractor goes...
Hospital by Helicopter - I love you, I don't want to die
Those moments in our bedroom waiting for the ambulance as Carina struggled to breathe, tried to write ‘I love you’ and repeated over and over ‘I don’t...